Germany was the country where the Cold War, which began shortly after the end of WW II, manifested itself most clearly. The Western and Soviet social systems could scarcely have been more different. With the assistance of the German Communist Party leadership, which had returned from exile in Moscow, the Soviet occupying power pushed ahead with political and social change. Termed an “anti-fascist democratic upheaval”, this concentrated all political and social functions in the hands of the German communists and persons they trusted. Walter Ulbricht, the head of the communist group next
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